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About Me

We began playing together on December 14th, 2002. There is no 's' in our name. Stop going to our old myspace that we lost the password to.

Releases-

X!003 - self-titled 4 song CD-R

X!010 - "I Feel Like a Jerk" three song 7" E.P.

Milk & Herpes 008 - "Not a Leg to Stand On" b/w "Miss Calhoun" 7" single

X!015 - "Shiftless Decay: New Sounds of Detroit," LP/CD, featured on one song

X!016 - self-titled full length LP/CD

"(Having a) Fun Time" at The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY, 7-1-08, filmed by Katie Helegda

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/03/2007
Band Members: Paul Derochie- vocals/guitar, Geoff Iverson- vocals/bass, Colin Simon- vocals/drums
Influences: History, centipedes, depression, masturbation, coffee, shaving, cold air returns, cough drops, girls with colds
Record Label: X! Records, Milk & Herpes
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FULL LENGTH CD & LP/SUMMER TOUR 2009

Our first full length is nearly ready for release. The CD will be available on our upcoming tour and the LP will follow at a release show at the Lager House in Detroit on July 29th. The track list is ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:11:00 GMT

Record reviews...

Reviews of our "I Feel Like a Jerk" E.P....Rocket Reducer Records-This is recorded amazingly. There are no gimmicks on this record--no Garage Punk (tm) echo, no lo-fi/Weird Punk (tm) slumming, no phon...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:27:00 GMT

Lyrics to songs...

Rumor of War (Lyrics: Derochie)Danang '65 never felt more aliveU.S.A. '66 never ever felt so sickThe only thing I learned from the Viet CongIs artillery rounds make a beautiful songAnd self-preservati...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:55:00 GMT

Fontana in Real Detroit

Hot Rock 'n' Roll Destroyers:FontanaSometimes I too get the sense that rock 'n' roll is pretty much dead. I don't just mean dead and buried with a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the tombstone. I mean...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:51:00 GMT